Scatochresis episema

Scatochresis episema is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is known from New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

Scatochresis episema
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Scatochresis
Species:
S. episema
Binomial name
Scatochresis episema
(Meyrick, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eulechria episema Meyrick, 1883

Adults have grey or brown forewings with black marks all over them.[2]

The larvae feed on the mammal scat of Phascolarctos cinereus.

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